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Personal Carry Solutions

USSHornet

USSHornet

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I am carrying my personal handgun in and I haven’t got a good solution yet. If I wear my backpack with a dump pouch I can put it in there but when I want to go in light I use an inside waste holster. But wearing my saddle in and that IWC don’t get along.

Wondering how you guys carry into the woods while wearing your saddle?

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Steve in Ky


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I can't say I carry much while actually hunting, but I do any other time in the woods, ( scouting,hiking etc.) I use a chest holster, mines from hosking holsters. It can get to be a bit much if you have other shoulder straps to contend with. Usually on my lowest base layer, so not high speed by no means if you got layers on over it.

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Holster attached to the molle webbing on the belt of my pack. If your not using a pack a chest holster rig isnt a bad option either, assuming you don't use a bino harness.
 
NMSbowhunter said:
I do not have one yet, but I am looking awfully hard at the Kenai chest rig.
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I thought about that too, I have a chest rig for a bigger pistol I have but I want to have my binos on my chest.


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Fozzy317 said:
Holster attached to the molle webbing on the belt of my pack. If your not using a pack a chest holster rig isnt a bad option either, assuming you don't use a bino harness.
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I have a pack to haul out deboned meat and another lighter pack without a waist belt and I’m struggling wearing the bigger pack waffling back n forth on em. But any kind of holster attached to the waist belt would be great.


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My badlands super day pack has the holsters built right into the hip belt of the pack. One on each side.
 
I’ve been using a hill people gear snubby kit bag for years and it works great. The snubby is the smallest in the lineup.


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USSHornet said:
I thought about that too, I have a chest rig for a bigger pistol I have but I want to have my binos on my chest.


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I understand. Personally, I rarely carry binos hunting because it is usually pretty thick where I am hunting, and I just never seem to need them. I'm bow hunting so I don't need binos to check out a deer at 200 yards in lieu of scoping it.

I have been encountering hogs down south lately though and this has me thinking that a 10mm on a chest rig would be pretty comforting on the mile walk out in pitch dark. This would be a full sized 10mm.

Anyone who has the Kenai, have you experienced any problems shooting a bow while wearing the chest rig?
 
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I understand. Personally, I rarely carry binos hunting because it is usually pretty thick where I am hunting, and I just never seem to need them. I'm bow hunting so I don't need binos to check out a deer at 200 yards in lieu of scoping it.

I have been encountering hogs down south lately though and this has me thinking that a 10mm on a chest rig would be pretty comforting on the mile walk out in pitch dark. This would be a full sized 10mm.

Anyone who has the Kenai, have you experienced any problems shooting a bow while wearing the chest rig?
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Should be no different than a chest rig. I was able to shoot my bow with a Fhf chest rig and Glock 40 on the bottom. Not apples to apples, but close.


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Ok, cool. I have no experience with any sort of chest rig/ bino harness and shooting a bow with it on. I thought it might cause issues with the string catching.
 
NMSbowhunter said:
Ok, cool. I have no experience with any sort of chest rig/ bino harness and shooting a bow with it on. I thought it might cause issues with the string catching.
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I thought the same thing. It seems like it should. But the string angle never really gets there. A puffy neck gaiter interfered more with my anchor than the chest rig. If that makes sense.


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